Constitution and Home Affairs

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 3:34 pm on 7 June 2010.

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Photo of Ben Wallace Ben Wallace Conservative, Wyre and Preston North 3:34, 7 June 2010

Before entering this House, I was a Member of the Scottish Parliament. Can the right hon. Gentleman tell me why a 66% threshold was chosen in the Scotland Act 1998 when it went through this House? For what reason was that appropriate then, but not now?